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Chart 1: Daily News Sentiment Index: Historical View. Note: Chart 1 shows moving averages of daily news sentiment scores since 1980; higher values indicate more positive sentiment, and lower values indicate more negative sentiment.

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Apr 18, 2024 · Proxy Funds Rate. The Proxy Funds Rate uses a broad set of financial market indicators to assess the stance of monetary policy. The proxy rate can be interpreted as indicating what federal funds rate would typically be associated with prevailing financial market conditions if the federal funds rate were the only monetary policy tool being used.

This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. Monetary Policy Surprises data capture the exogenous changes in interest rates over tight windows around the monetary policy announcements of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

The Proxy Funds Rate uses a broad set of financial market indicators to assess the stance of monetary policy. The proxy rate can be interpreted as indicating what federal funds rate would typically be associated with prevailing financial market conditions if the federal funds rate were the only monetary policy tool being used.

Summary. Over the past four quarters ending in the third quarter of 2024, Total Factor Productivity grew at a rate of 1.13% and Utilization-adjusted Total Factor Productivity grew at rate of 1.19%.